December 6, 2019 Meekness Is the Best Means of Turning a Sinner From His False Path The apostle James teaches, Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him; Let him know, that he which…
December 3, 2019 Saint Paisios of Mount Athos: We Need Self-Reproach, Not Despair – Father, is it easy for a person, who have just started his spiritual way, to have deep awareness of his sinfulness? When we…
December 2, 2019 Medicine for the Heart One medicine for the heart, is the use of a “Prayer Rule.” This “Rule” is of the utmost importance, for the prayer rule helps…
December 1, 2019 Forgiveness Requires Courage Anyone who has experienced forgiving another human being recognizes that the act of loosening our grip and extending our hand that has recently been…
November 29, 2019 The Point of the Fast: To Win Back the Occupied Territory Each fast is a military campaign. We oppose the enemy in order to win our territory back, if not all of it, then at…
November 29, 2019 Cure for Mistakes We all make many mistakes. Mistakes for which after (or immediately) we have to pay dearly. Which we have to correct painfully for a…
November 28, 2019 St. Paisius (Velichkovsky) on Fasting St. Paisius (1722-1794) was born Peter Velichkovsky in Poltava, Ukraine, to a priestly family. At age thirteen he entered the Kiev Theological School with…
November 20, 2019 From Hearsay to Social Media – a Tale of Rumor Spreading “Strong minds discuss ideas‚ average minds discuss events‚ weak minds discuss people.” – Socrates There is a story that circulates in Christian and Jewish circles about…
November 19, 2019 How to Be Rescued from Envy “What a gnawing worm of the soul it is – to envy someone for his virtue or for his happiness; to make others’ good…
November 17, 2019 Holy Fathers on Virtue Good disposition is the affection or love for a certain kind of good deeds which lies at the core of doing them. Humility, for…
November 14, 2019 Obedience and Disobedience Matthew 21:28-32 1 Corinthians 16:4-12 Today we have heard a short parable about a man who had two sons; and he came to the…
November 12, 2019 St. Paisios of Mount Athos: Injustice Gets God’s Wrath Injustice is a great sin. All sins have extenuating circumstances, but not injustice — it gets God’s wrath. How terrifying it is! Those who…
